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Attacker stabs 2 people to death at Ikea store in Sweden

Police officers attend the Ikea store in Vasteras, Sweden, Monday Aug. 10, 2015, after three people were injured in a knife attack at the store. (Peter Kruger/TT via AP) SWEDEN OUT
Police officers attend the Ikea store in Vasteras, Sweden, Monday Aug. 10, 2015, after three people were injured in a knife attack at the store. (Peter Kruger/TT via AP) SWEDEN OUT Police officers attend the Ikea store in Vasteras, Sweden, Monday Aug. 10, 2015, after three people were injured in a knife attack at the store. (Peter Kruger/TT via AP) SWEDEN OUT

HELSINKI (AP) – Police say an attacker has stabbed two people to death and injured another at an Ikea store in central Sweden.

Police in the city of Vasteras wrote on Twitter they were called to the store early Monday afternoon where they found a dead man and two wounded people, one of whom also died later.

They said a man had been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Further details about the condition of the injured person or the suspect weren’t immediately available.